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California Is on Fire. This Map Shows Where
2015-08-18 22:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: On August 17, 2013--two years ago today--a deer hunter near California's Yosemite National Park ignored a campfire ban and burned trash from his dinner. The embers blew into dry brush, starting the third worst wildfire in the state's history. All told, the Rim Fire, as it came to be called, burned 257,314 acres in and around Yosemite. No wildfires of that scale have occurred since, but, thanks to drought and climate change, California is far from out of the woods. In fact, in 2015, 4,382 wildfires...
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California fires return but wine industry stays calm
2015-08-14 17:12:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Trade body Napa Valley Vintners is working to allay fresh fears over smoke taint after another fire broke out in the region.
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California Truck Drivers compete for national title.
2015-08-14 14:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
During National Truck Driving Championships, 420 professional truck drivers from all 50 states will compete in St. Louis for 4 days, challenging their driving skills, and knowledge of safety, equipment, and the industry. From 18-wheeler 5-axle sleepers to tank trucks to twin trailers—they will drive a course that recreates situations truck drivers face daily. On August 15, one contestant will drive away as the Bendix National Truck Driving Championships Grand Champion.
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PG&E pays California $300M toward penalty for pipeline blast
2015-08-14 06:46:52| Energy - Topix.net
California's biggest power utility says it's paid a $300 million penalty to the state's general fund for a 2010 gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed more than three dozen homes in suburban San Francisco. The payment announced Thursday by is part of a larger $1.6 billion penalty levied against Pacific Gas & Electric earlier this year for the blast in San Bruno.
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Historically strong El Ni o headed for Southern California
2015-08-14 02:08:02| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The current El Nino, nicknamed Bruce Lee, is already the second strongest on record for this time of year and could be one of the most potent weather changers of the past 65 years, federal meteorologists say. But California and other drought struck areas better not count on El Nino rescuing them like in a Bruce Lee action movie, experts say.
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